Question

question 20

choose the correct artist of this work.

warhol
hirst
wiley
chicago
pollock
rothko
kusama

Explanation:

Identify the visual characteristics of the artwork

The image displays a painting featuring large, soft-edged rectangular blocks of color stacked vertically. Specifically, there is a vibrant orange-red rectangular field on top of a dark, near-black rectangular field. The edges of these color fields are hazy and bleed into each other and the background.

Associate the style with an art movement

This style of painting is characteristic of Color Field Painting, a major branch of Abstract Expressionism that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. Unlike the gestural "action painting" of artists like Jackson Pollock, Color Field painters used large expanses of saturated color to evoke contemplative, emotional, and spiritual responses.

Match the artwork to the correct artist

Among the listed options:

• Andy Warhol is associated with Pop Art (silkscreens of commercial products and celebrities).
• Damien Hirst is a contemporary British artist known for installations, spot paintings, and preserved animals.
• Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary portrait painter known for highly detailed paintings of African Americans in classical heroic poses.
• Judy Chicago is a feminist artist famous for installations like The Dinner Party.
• Jackson Pollock is famous for his gestural drip paintings.
• Mark Rothko is the quintessential Color Field painter famous for his signature format of stacked, soft-edged colored rectangles.
• Yayoi Kusama is known for her polka dots and infinity mirror rooms.

The painting shown is No. 14 (or a very similar composition of red/orange over black) by Mark Rothko. Therefore, the correct artist is Rothko.

Answer:

• Warhol
• Hirst
• Wiley
• Chicago
• Pollock
• Rothko (Correct answer)
• Kusama